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AndyWarne:
All our boards are compatible with USB 1.1 and always have been.

The "Registry problem" is a bug in Windows. Its not a Mini-PAC issue. Its a well-known problem which Microsoft never fixed until Vista. The issue is caused by the fact that Windows XP does not re-detect and replace registry entries if a USB device is unplugged and reconnected. So any errors in the registry are always there until deleted.
The errors usually get in there if a device is repeatedly plugged in to different USB ports on the PC. It could also possibly happen if an I-PAC is replaced with a Mini-PAC on the same PC. It never happens if the device is not unplugged and is extremely rare in all cases.

A quick search will reveal many information pages about this problem from varioius vendors. Here is one:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqLiteDocument?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=hr&docname=bpy20135

To work around this Microsoft problem I added some functionality into the WinIPAC installer which deletes the offending entries. Once this is done the problem is gone.

One unfortunate feature of this problem is that if WinIPAC is run and the board programmed, it by-passes the issue until the next reboot, because this process invokes a filter driver. This leads the user to incorrectly believe that the problem is the board had lost its setup and that reloading it has fixed a problem. This is actually not the problem though, the board is fine and the issue is in XP itself.

Andy
DeLuSioNal29:
I had no idea, I assumed it was analog since it has such a smooth feel to it.

Anyway, my goal is to get it working with Tron in MAME.  The flight stick I currently have stinks.  Especially with the diagonals in the cycle games.  (Same as everyone else).

Anyone know if it will work with an ipac?
Ummon:

--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on July 11, 2009, 04:19:16 pm ---I had no idea, I assumed it was analog since it has such a smooth feel to it.

Anyway, my goal is to get it working with Tron in MAME.  The flight stick I currently have stinks.  Especially with the diagonals in the cycle games.  (Same as everyone else).

Anyone know if it will work with an ipac?

--- End quote ---

It's a digital control. Yes.

Craig, that's so funny that people opt for such a low-end machine. But it being the UK, I'm not necessarily surprised. I don't think people would go for something like that from a vendor here in the US.
Turnarcades:

--- Quote from: Ummon on July 11, 2009, 08:03:30 pm ---Craig, that's so funny that people opt for such a low-end machine. But it being the UK, I'm not necessarily surprised.

--- End quote ---

That's a little offensive. Are you implying Brits are cheapskates or something? It's not like we're a third world over here or some backward economy where the latest stuff isn't available. People simply want to leep the cost of their custom build down and I can demonstrate that a lower spec is usually sufficient for their needs. There are many members here who build cabinets with lower-spec machines as top end hardware is not required for the games they intend to run.

From our point of view, our cabinets are aimed at people with a low-medium budget so making best use of older hardware is the way to go in this range. I spent a long time finding a widely-available, suitable model PC and eeking the most out of it performance-wise. When potential customers see what I have made possible at this spec they are more than happy to stick with the 'basic' PC and keep the cost of their cabinet down, particularly the more casual gamers who only want to add MAME and a handful of classics to their cabinet.

I can understand many people's need for higher spec and many do opt for much higher specs as I would too, but that bit you said about the UK just sounds a bit bad - apologies if I've misread it.
sinkhead:
Craig, we've been had! They must have laughed for months after saving all the quad core Space Invaders cabinets for themselves...
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